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Department of Atomic Energy
Four Indian girl students bag bronze at Mathematical Olympiad in Hungary
Mumbai, April 11, 2022
All four contestants who represented India at the 11th European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad held in Eger, Hungary, during April 6-12, 2022, have won bronze medals. Twelfth standard students
Ananya Rajas Ranade from Pune, Anushka Aggarwal from Delhi and Sanika Amol Borade from Nashik and tenth standard student Gunjan Aggarwal from Delhi are the winners from the country.
The students were accompanied by following Leaders and Observer:
1) Dr. Aditi Sunil Phadke, Nowrosjee Wadia College, Pune Leader
2) Mr. Pulkit Sinha, IISc., Bangalore, Deputy Leader
3) Ms. Rohinee Joshi, IITB, Mumbai Observer C
Anushka and Gunjan are sisters to represent India at the EGMO 2022. Both Ananya and Anushka missed silver by 1 point. This year India participated in full-strength onsite after a hiatus of two years forced by the pandemic.
If you are keen to know about India's performance since 2015 it is recorded here: https://www.egmo.org/countries/country35/
The proposed problems and their official solutions are here: https://www.egmo.org/egmos/egmo11/solutions.pdf
The team is returning to Mumbai in the early hours of Wednesday, April 13. The winners and their leaders will be felicitated by the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education on April 13, 2022 at 11.30 am.
Please visit the website of the host country at https://egmo2022.hu/.
Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education  is a National Centre of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research , Mumbai. The broad goals of the Centre are to promote equity and excellence in science and mathematics education from primary school to undergraduate college level, and encourage the growth of scientific literacy in the country. HBCSE is the premier institution in the country for research and development in science, technology and mathematics education. It is India's nodal centre for Olympiad programmes in mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy and junior science.
Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves signing and ratification of bilateral investment treaty between India and Kyrgyzstan
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved thesigning and ratification of bilateral investment treaty between India and Kyrgyzstan.
The Bilateral Treaty is likely to increase investment flow between India and Kyrgyzstan and protection to investors of both countries making investments in both countries.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves signing of MoU between India and Bangladesh in the field of judicial sector cooperation
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved signing of MoU between India and Bangladesh in the field of judicial sector cooperation. It is aimed at developing, promoting and strengthening mutual cooperation between the judiciaries of the two countries.
(The MoU provides for promoting mutual interaction among judges and officials at various levels of the judiciary through exchange visits, training and academic programmes. It will also encourage mutual exchange of information on latest developments in the field of law and justice. It will enable exchange of knowledge in infrastructure and information technology in this field.
Ministry of Finance
Clarification on Cash sale of agricultural produce by cultivators/agriculturists
The Central Board of Direct Taxes  has received representations from the stakeholders regarding applicability of provisions of Income-tax Act, 1961  to cash sale of agricultural produce by the cultivators/agriculturists.
The issue has been examined and vide Circular No. 27/2017 dated 3rd November, 2017, CBDT has clarified that cash sale of the agricultural produce by its cultivator to the trader for an amount less than Rs 2 lakh will not:-
- a) Result in any disallowance of expenditure under section 40A  of the Act in the case of trader;
- b) Attract prohibition under section 269ST of the Act in the case of the cultivator; and
- c) Require the cultivator to quote his PAN/ or furnish Form No.60.
The Circular is available on www.incometaxindia.gov.in.
Ministry of Defence
INDIAN NAVY ASSISTS IN CONDUCT OF FIRE SAFETY AUDIT OF ALL GOVT HOSPITALS IN KERALA
Consequent to a request by the Chief Secretary, Govt of Kerala, to conduct a fire safety audit of Govt hospitals in various districts of Kerala, the Southern Naval Command deployed five teams on 14 May 21 to conduct fire safety audit of various hospitals in Ernakulam district.
After an initial assessment and taking into account the total number of hospitals that had to be audited in all the districts, an additional 22 teams were deputed with effect from 17 May 21 to undertake audit of hospitals in the remaining 13 districts of Kerala. Audit of 101 out of 140 Government/ Taluk hospitals and other treatment centres/ infrastructure handling COVID cases has been completed and the teams are expected to complete the audit of the remaining hospitals by 30 May 21. Teams from INS Zamorin and Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala were deputed to conduct the audit of hospitals located in Kasaragod, Kannur and Kozhikode districts and the teams from INS Agrani, at Coimbatore were deputed for audit of hospitals in Palakkad.
The teams interacted with the staff of the district administration and the hospital staff at all the locations. The preliminary findings and recommendations have been intimated to the hospitals and the state administration. A detailed report would be forwarded on completion of the audit of all designated hospitals.
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Prime Minister's Office
PM takes stock of situation in the wake of cyclone conditions; urges people to take all possible precautions & safety measures
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has taken stock of the situation in the wake of cyclone conditions in parts of India’s western coast. And urged people to take all possible precautions and safety measures.
"Took stock of the situation in the wake of cyclone conditions in parts of India’s western coast.
Praying for everyone’s well-being. I urge people to take all possible precautions and safety measures", the Prime Minister said.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves USOF scheme for provision of mobile services in Uncovered Villages of Aspirational Districts across five states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha.
7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts across five States to get 4G based mobile services at the estimated cost of about Rs 6,466 crore
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval for provisioning of mobile services in Uncovered Villages of Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha.
The Project envisages to provide 4G based mobile services in the 7,287 uncovered villages of 44 Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha at an estimated cost of implementation about Rs 6,466 crore including operational expenses for 5 years. The project would be funded by Universal Service Obligation Fund . The project will be completed within 18 months after the signing of the Agreement and likely to be completed by November 23.
The work related to provision of 4G mobile services in identified uncovered villages will be awarded through open competitive bidding process as per extant USOF procedures.
The present proposal for provisioning of mobile services in the remote & difficult uncovered areas of Aspirational Districts across five States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra & Odisha will enhance digital connectivity useful for self-reliance, facilitate learning, dissemination of information and knowledge, skill upgradation and development, disaster management, e-Governance initiatives, establishment of enterprises & e-commerce facilities, provision of adequate support to educational institutes for knowledge sharing & availability of job opportunity and fulfilling the vision of Digital India promoting domestic manufacturing and fulfilling the objectives of Atmanirbhar Bharat etc.
Ministry of Culture
Korean temple food to be introduced to the Indian public, media and local renowned chefs at Korean Cultural Centre India on 25th March by Ven. Jeong Kwan
The cultural exchange event to commemorate 50th anniversary of Korea-India diplomatic ties, being organised with active participation of youngsters
The National Gallery of Modern Art, Ministry of Culture along with Embassy of the Republic of Korea and Korean Cultural Centre India, together with the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, are holding a cultural exchange event in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between Korea and India in New Delhi from March 21 to March 25.
To mark the occasion, for the first time Korean temple food will be introduced to the Indian public, media and local renowned chefs through an official event at Korean Cultural Centre India on this coming 25th March by Ven. Jeong Kwan. The food items will be baked chips made of lotus stem, potato and seaweed, served with lotus flower tea. In accordance with the teachings of Buddha who respected life, Korean temple food has preserved vegetarian food traditionally and it has formed one of the roots of Korean traditional food.
A special exhibition titled “An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture in India, the Land of Buddha” is also being organised. The exhibition will be held for about a month until 30th April and various experience programs such as painting Korean cultural items, experiencing Korean Buddhist scriptures inking, and making lotus lanterns will be held at the exhibition hall till 25th March in this week.
For the first two days, there was an overwhelming response from the teenagers and children by participation in the workshops. There were three sessions on lantern making, woodblock printing, colouring fans, and stringing prayer beads. More than 500 individuals have participated in the last two days.
The opening ceremony of the special exhibition titled “An Encounter with Korean Traditional Buddhist Culture in India, the Land of Buddha” was inaugurated by Shri Kumar Tuhin, Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations along with Smt. Temsunaro Jamir Tripathi, Director, National Gallery of Modern Art, and Korean Ambassador to India Chang Jae Bok on 22nd March  at National Gallery of Modern Art . The exhibition consists of media art of Buddhist painting scrolls which are called ‘Gwae Bul’, a symbol of traditional Korean Buddhist rituals; Korean traditional lanterns of 'Yeondeunghoe', a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and various photo works with the theme of temple stay.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
A meeting was held between Union Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister for Trade & Export Growth, Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, Minister for Land Information and Minister for Rural Communities of New Zealand Shri Damien O’Connor
India and New Zealand will continue to work together to further strengthen agricultural cooperation and partnership
Sustainable and climate friendly agriculture system and importance of Shri Anna were discussed
Shri Tomar seeks New Zealand cooperation in promoting health and other benefits of Millets
A meeting between Ministers for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Minister for Trade & Export Growth, Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Biosecurity, Minister for Land Information and Minister for Rural Communities of New Zealand Shri Damien O’Connor was held here today. Both the leaders reiterated their commitments to work together in strengthening the agricultural cooperation and collaboration between the two countries.
Welcoming the New Zealand Minister and his delegation, Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare mentioned about the importance of relations between India and New Zealand and its steady progress. He highlighted the resumption of Joint Trade Committee after a gap of 14 years and initiation of discussions on market access issues for agricultural products under its framework. He also thanked the New Zealand Minister for granting market access to Indian pomegranate arils and lifting suspension on import of Mangoes from MSAMB VHT facility in India.
Shri Tomar informed the New Zealand Minister about India’s initiatives in celebrating the year 2023 as International Years of Millet and sought their cooperation in promoting the health and other benefits of Millets. Both Ministers emphasised the potential of the partnership envisaged in the Memorandum of Cooperation  being finalized between the two countries for overall development of Horticulture.
The Ministers assured each other of their commitments towards maintaining quality and safety of the agricultural commodities being traded between the two countries and resolved to continuing working on phytosanitary measures and systems. The Ministers also discussed the importance of developing a sustainable and climate resilient agricultural system. The New Zealand Minister invited India to join the Global Research Alliance which is an alliance of 67 countries for sharing researches on mitigation of climate change impacts on agriculture.
Ministry of Finance
Auction for Sale  of ‘5.22% GS 2025’, Auction for Sale  of ‘6.19% GS 2034’, and Auction for Sale  of ‘7.16% GS 2050’
The Government of India  has announced the Sale  of  ‘5.22% Government Stock, 2025’ for a notified amount of Rs 12,000 crore  through price based auction,  ‘6.19 percent Government Stock, 2034’ for a notified amount of Rs 11,000 crore  through price based auction, and  ‘7.16 per cent Government Stock, 2050’ for a notified amount of Rs 7,000 crore  through price based auction. GoI will have the option to retain additional subscription up to Rs 2,000 crore against each of the above securities. The auctions will be conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai Office, Fort, Mumbai on July 24, 2020  using multiple price method.
Up to 5% of the notified amount of the sale of the stocks will be allotted to eligible individuals and Institutions as per the Scheme for Non-Competitive Bidding Facility in the Auction of Government Securities.
Both competitive and non-competitive bids for the auction should be submitted in electronic format on the Reserve Bank of India Core Banking Solution  system on July 24, 2020. The non-competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. and the competitive bids should be submitted between 10.30 a.m. and 11.30 a.m.
The result of the auctions will be announced on July 24, 2020  and payment by successful bidders will be on July 27, 2020 .
The Stocks will be eligible for “When Issued” trading in accordance with the guidelines on ‘When Issued transactions in Central Government Securities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India vide circular No. RBI/2018-19/25 dated July 24, 2018 as amended from time to time.
NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog to hold Conference on implementing SDGs in Aspirational Districts
To felicitate the top performing districts for achievement in key areas
Linking the Transformation of Aspirational Districts Programme with India’s pursuit of the global Sustainable Development Goals , the NITI Aayog is organizing a conference on implementation of SDGs in Aspirational Districts.
The conference will include deliberations on key SDGs and best practices to help achieve the same and will also feature presentations by State representative who have done well on the SDG India Index on key themes of health, education and water resources.
NITI Aayog is also felicitating eighteen fast moving Aspirational Districts, who will receive supplementary funds on the basis of delta rankings calculated in November 2018 to January 2019 on the Champions of Change dashboard.
These delta rankings reflect overall improvements made across sectors and sector specific ranks in the domains of Health & Nutrition, Agriculture & Water Resources, Education, Skill Development & Financial Inclusion and Basic Infrastructure.
Mr Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog shall be chairing the valedictory session and announce the top performing districts. The Conference will include Ms Rina Ray, Secretary, Department of School Education, MHRD, Ms Preeti Sudan, Secretary, MoHFW and Mr Parameswaran Iyer, Secretary, MDWS and Additional Director General, MoSPI. In addition, principal secretaries of pertinent departments, Central officers from all 112 Aspirational Districts are expected to participate in the conference.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
BIS seizes around 17,000 fake c-Flux cored wire boxes in Thane
Mumbai, 28th February 2022
Bureau of Indian Standards , Mumbai seized around 17,703 boxes of fake c-Flux cored wire for violating Quality Control Order. BIS Mumbai Branch Office – II conducted an Enforcement Search and Seizure operation at Bhiwandi, Thane to check the violation of Quality Control Order on “Flux Cored  Electrodes for Gas Shielded and Self-Shielded Metal Welding of Carbon or Carbon-Manganese Steel” as per IS 15769, on 23rd February 2022.
During the raid M/s. Ador Welding Limited  was found violating the Quality Control Order S.O. 1203 dated 12.03.2021. About 17,703 number of boxes  of c- Flux cored wire, 1.2 mm were seized per IS 15769. Action is being initiated to file a case in the court of law for the offence. The team of officials include Scientist-C, Nishikant Singh and Scientist-C, Ashish Wakle from Mumbai Branch Office – II.
The misuse of BIS Standard Mark is punishable with imprisonment up to two years or a fine of minimum Rs. 2,00,000 or both as per BIS Act 2016. It has been observed many times fake ISI marked products are manufactured and sold to consumers for huge profit. Therefore, all are requested to ascertain the genuineness of ISI Mark on the product before making purchase, by visiting BIS website http://www.bis.gov.in
Citizens are requested that in case they come across any instance of misuse of ISI Mark on any product, the same may be informed to the Head, MUBO-II, Western Regional Office, BIS, Manakalaya, E9, Behind Marol Telephone Exchange, Andheri , Mumbai - 400 093. Such complaints can also be made by E-mail at the address hmubo2@bis.gov.in. The source of such information will be kept confidential.| PIB Mumbai | DL/DR
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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Implementation of Venture Capital Assistance Scheme
The funds allocated to Central Sector Scheme for Agribusiness Development through Venture Capital Assistance  in the last five financial years is as follows:
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Financial Year
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Allocated 
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2017-18
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110.98
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2018-19
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|
141.89
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2019-20
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111.26
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2020-21
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25.00
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2021-22
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49.42
Total VCA disbursed to agro business project since 2014 for the five states is as follows:
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Sr. No
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State Name
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Cost of project

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VCA sanctioned

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No. of Farmers benefitted
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Employment generated
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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|
9197
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748
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1436
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|
897
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2
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|
Gujarat
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|
170879
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|
14127
|
|
13853
|
|
6236
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|
3
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|
Maharashtra
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|
109952
|
|
9892
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|
16474
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|
8274
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|
4
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|
Telangana
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|
34190
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|
2688
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|
2170
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1284
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|
5
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Uttar Pradesh
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|
96339
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|
7854
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|
17581
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|
4375
The total number of application received from Telangana since 2017 and final qualified project for disbursement under Venture Capital Assistance :
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Sr. No.
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Total number of application
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Qualified Projects
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|
1.
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154
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|
49
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Steel
Steel Scrap Recycling Policy--Providing a framework to facilitate and promote establishment of metal scrapping centres
The Steel Scrap Recycling Policy notified in the Gazette of India vide No. 354 dated November 07, 2019 provides a framework to facilitate and promote establishment of metal scrapping centers in India for scientific processing & recycling of ferrous scrap generated from various sources. The policy framework provides standard guidelines for collection, dismantling and shredding activities in an organized, safe and environmentally sound manner. The Policy enumerates responsibilities for setting up collection, dismantling centre and scrap processing centre, and the roles of aggregators and responsibilities of the Government, manufacturer and owner. Steel Scrap Recycling Policy does not envisage setting up of scrap centres by the Government. The role of Government is to be an enabler and provide a framework to facilitate the eco-system of metal scrapping in the country. The decision to set up scrap centres is of entrepreneurs based on commercial considerations.
The Scrapping Centres are approved and monitored by the authorized agencies of the State/Union Territory Governments. The Policy does not envisage any additional monitoring mechanism thereby ensuring that there is no additional compliance burden.
The details of export of finished steel during the last five years are as following:-
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Finished Steel Export
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Year
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Quantity 
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2016-17
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8.24
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2017-18
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9.62
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2018-19
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6.36
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2019-20
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8.36
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2020-21
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10.78
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|
Source: Joint Plant Committee
This information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Ram Chandra Prasad Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Rural Development
Over 7.22 lakh kms road length constructed under PMGSY todate: Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti
More than 80,000 km of roads constructed using new/ green technology
The Minister of State for Rural Development Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti says a total of 7,22,276 Km road length has been constructed under various interventions of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana  as on 16th December, 2022. The details of expenditures incurred during the last five years under PMGSY are as follows-

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Financial Year
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Expenditure 
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2017-18
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17,307.29
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2018-19
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23,369.38
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2019-20
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21,723.92
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2020-21
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23,952.06
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2021-22
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27,842.49
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Total
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114,195.14
In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said to promote cost-effective and fast construction, PMGSY roads are being constructed using new materials, waste materials, locally available materials and introduction of green technologies which help in fuel and bitumen savings such as cold mix technology, cement concrete block, cell filled concrete, panelled cement concrete and roller compacted concrete pavement, soil stabilization technologies like cement stabilization, Terrazyme, Nano technologies and Full Depth Reclamation  technology. As on 16th December, 2020, a total 1,18,790 km of roads works have been sanctioned under new/ green technology out of which 80,668 km has been completed, she added.
The Minister further informed that the Ministry of Rural Development released Geographic Information System  data developed for PMGSY scheme in public domain on 22nd February 2022. There are total number of 10,54,925 habitations marked as GIS point data. Habitation layer has been uploaded as open data in https://geosadak-pmgsy.nic.in/OpenData from where any user can download the same along with the other layers like road proposals , District Rural Roads Plan and facilities layer.
The GIS dataset created under PMGSY-I&II is available for viewing and is open to the public at http://pmgsy-grris.nic.in .All the states have created data based on PMGSY National GIS guidelines. Under PMGSY-III, more than 7.70 lakh rural facilities such as medical, educational and markets have been geo-tagged, she said.